Attachment for collapsible tubes.



W. B. HEIDELOFF.

ATTACHMENT FOR COLLAPSIBLE TUBES.

v APPLICATION FILED SEPT. H), 1914. mswm Patented June 15 19156 INVENTORWITNESSES O fl ATTORNEY UNITED srn'rns PATENT canton.

WERNER B. HEIDELOFF, OF PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR F ONE-Ha ti?!T0 r AMOS ANDREWS, OF PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY.

ATTACHMENT FOR COLLAPSIBLE TUBES.

Specification of Letters latent.

Patented Jamie, inn 5.

Application filed September 19, 1914. Serial No. 862.431.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WERNER B. HEIDELOFF,

- a citizen of the United States, residing at 4.6

lVestervelt avenue, in the city of Plainfield, county of Union, andState of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement inAttachments for Collapsible Tubes, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to devices for holding and expelling the contentsof collapsible tubes such as are commonly psed for containing toothpaste, shaving cream and other viscous or semi-liquid articles.

The special object of my invention is to provide a simple andconvenientdevice for securing the collapsible tubes to a wall or other suitablesupport, and while thus supported, for expelling a part of the contentsfor use as desired.

The spirit of my invention is an arm or guide which is screwed into, orotherwise rigidly secured, to the wall or support on one end ol'whicharm or guide is a'hanger to hold the neck of the tube, and along whicharm or guide rides lengthwise another hanger provided with bearingsdnwhich the respective ends of the tube-folding key are out and claim thespirit of the invention.

Reference is to be had, to the accompanying drawings forming part ofthis specification, in which like parts are designated by the samenumbers in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view representing one form of my supporting andexpelling device for collapsible tubes attached to a vertical wall. Fig.2 is a side view of the same. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view ofthesame on the line 3-3, Fig. 2.

In embodying my invention in the form shown, I provide a rigid arm orguide 3, preferably of stiff wire, with a. screw 4 on one end forsecuring it rigidly and horizontally to a vertical wall, or, ifpreferred, invertical position to a table or other horizontal support.

On the outer or. it may be, upper end of the arm or guide I form, inthis instance, a. hook 5 as a convenient means For holding firmlytheneck 6 of the ordinary collapsible tube 7, which neck the hook 5 clampsor em braces.

The bottom end of the tube 7 is here provided \vitlran ordinary key 3for folding up, step by step, the tube and expelling the contents asdesired for use.

As a simple and convenient means for holding the bottom end of the tubeand at the same time permitting the key 8 to be turned for expellingthecontents of the tube, I mount to ride lengthwise on the guide 3, theloop or eye S) of a hanger .10, which straddles the tube and hasbearings 11 and 12 on its ends in which the respective ends of thefolding 'key 3 are mounted to turn. By this attachment. the tube can befixed in any convenient position by means of the attachable guide 3, andwhen the key 3 is turned to expel the contents of the tube, thekey-hanger 10 will travel along the guide as the tube is shortened.

Having thus described one form in which my invention is embodied. Iclaim as spirit:

In a supporting and expelling device for collapsible tubes, thecombination, with a guide arm having a screw on one end and at the otherend a fastener for the n ck of the collapsible tube, of a hangerhavii'ig a medial eye riding lengthwise on the guide arm and endbearings in which the respective ends oi. the collapsing key rotate.

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In presence of JOHN A. GAFFN'EY, W'Airrnn L. HETFIELD, Jr.

